Porting to other consoles is usually a lot more than just recompiling the source. Of the Playstation, N64, and Dreamcast, the Playstation has the least memory (RAM), the slowest processor, and the least amount of graphics oomph... (there are catches, but you get the idea)
In order to sell on the "higher-end" system, the content has to be scaled to use up the console's power, or it will look pale compared to games designed for that console. The "engine" (source code) will also have to be changed to take advantage of different available features.
In short, it's not really straight forward, and to be good, porting is usually a complete re-write.
Rather than just a forum for the Linux/Open Source community,/. seems to be becoming more and more a general geek portal.
Actually, in the beginning,/. actually posted stories on engineering, physics, space, philosophy and other topics that were actually interesting. Only in the last 12-18 months has it become a dedicated Linux/Open Source forum. I for one, would like it to go back to the "News for Nerds" theme, rather than the "Politics for Nerds" it is today.
While others have commented on the degrading S/N ratio of the user comments, I would like to bring attention to the degrading S/N ratio of the stories.
I believe Slashdot got much of its "mature" geek following back when most of the headlines were apolotical in nature. A couple years ago, the biggest threads were generated while discussing new microarchitectures, physical limits of the lithography process, the size of the universe, and other *real* high-tech news. Since the stories were less subject to political debate, the S/N ratio was good. Now, the only "tech" stories are about nanotech (thanks hemos!) or the Aibo.
With Andover.net now owning Slashdot, am I just SOL? I know that most of the stories are going to be Linux/GPL/Open Source related, and that's fine. But please, Please, *PLEASE*, don't forget that many of your readers are well educated, and would like to spend time thinking about something new and exciting in the tech world rather than reading 500 posts ending with M$ $ucks...
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I whole-heartedly second the nomination, but I doubt that he would agree to it. Anyone at /. HQ care to try? Dan
In order to sell on the "higher-end" system, the content has to be scaled to use up the console's power, or it will look pale compared to games designed for that console. The "engine" (source code) will also have to be changed to take advantage of different available features.
In short, it's not really straight forward, and to be good, porting is usually a complete re-write.
Actually, in the beginning, /. actually posted stories on engineering, physics, space, philosophy and other topics that were actually interesting. Only in the last 12-18 months has it become a dedicated Linux/Open Source forum. I for one, would like it to go back to the "News for Nerds" theme, rather than the "Politics for Nerds" it is today.
While others have commented on the degrading S/N ratio of the user comments, I would like to bring attention to the degrading S/N ratio of the stories.
I believe Slashdot got much of its "mature" geek following back when most of the headlines were apolotical in nature. A couple years ago, the biggest threads were generated while discussing new microarchitectures, physical limits of the lithography process, the size of the universe, and other *real* high-tech news. Since the stories were less subject to political debate, the S/N ratio was good. Now, the only "tech" stories are about nanotech (thanks hemos!) or the Aibo.
With Andover.net now owning Slashdot, am I just SOL? I know that most of the stories are going to be Linux/GPL/Open Source related, and that's fine. But please, Please, *PLEASE*, don't forget that many of your readers are well educated, and would like to spend time thinking about something new and exciting in the tech world rather than reading 500 posts ending with M$ $ucks...